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 UberMod
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| posted on September 21st, 2009 at 12:37 PM |
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I'd like a quieter exhaust
Yes I'm getting old!
I own a '62 bug and need some help with getting a new exhaust. For the last 6 years I've had a tuck away system (bought from Big Boys Toys in the UK
where I used to live) but now I'm putting in a sound system for the first time in my green machines life and wanted to quieten things down a bit,
I've already applied dynamat and sound deadening material on the inside which has helped but it's the exhaust note that has to change now.
I used to have a bugpack single quiet system on it about 7 years ago and wouldn't mind something like this again.
Any opinions on whats available here in Ozzie?
regards,
Eug.
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| posted on September 21st, 2009 at 12:58 PM |
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Hi
I have an average stainless 4 into 1 system that I fitted a muffler to that Westside Mufflers (aka Westi on here) supplied, he may have some more of
them, they are twin pass 2 inch muffler.
Steve
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| posted on September 21st, 2009 at 01:43 PM |
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If its a stock engine, a stock exhaust will quieten it down a bit.
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| posted on September 21st, 2009 at 01:50 PM |
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Yes, forgot to mention its a stock 1300.
I'd like something that looks a little bit better than stock, although I see CVD has stainless pea shooters might not be too bad..
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| posted on September 21st, 2009 at 01:52 PM |
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I dont know if its too big. but, thunderbird! 
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| posted on September 21st, 2009 at 01:54 PM |
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http://www.pertronix.com/prod/ex/thunderbird/default.aspx
I have been told micks has them. find out if you can still run the system with 1300 heater boxes... but i know you can with 1600
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| posted on September 21st, 2009 at 06:19 PM |
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Talk to ben(esevwbits)on here,he sells new systems at a good price and is good to deal with,you should also put this up in the spare parts section????
cheers shane.
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| posted on September 22nd, 2009 at 12:13 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by UberMod
Yes I'm getting old!
I own a '62 bug and need some help with getting a new exhaust. For the last 6 years I've had a tuck away system (bought from Big Boys Toys in the UK
where I used to live) but now I'm putting in a sound system for the first time in my green machines life and wanted to quieten things down a bit,
I've already applied dynamat and sound deadening material on the inside which has helped but it's the exhaust note that has to change now.
I used to have a bugpack single quiet system on it about 7 years ago and wouldn't mind something like this again.
Any opinions on whats available here in Ozzie?
regards,
Eug.
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Old age finally catches up...lol
Yes, I have fitted some NOS Genie extractors My Son had...
I bought a thunderbird quiet muffler from Mick Motors...
Its now very quiet compared to before.... lol
and i do use heater boxes...
a standard VW muffler with peashooters or flared muffled pipes also quietens the exhaust down a lot...
LEE
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| posted on September 22nd, 2009 at 10:15 AM |
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The thunderbird quiet pack muffler is quite a low quality muffler, I had one on my Baja. It was quiet but got louder with age as the internals rotted
out.
Just go to an exhaust shop and ask them to put a nice quiet muffler on it. Anything will do the trick. If money is tight ask them to put a second hand
muffler on. Most shops throw out perfectly good mufflers all the time, because they take them off new cars to put a performance exhaust on it.
At Uni (no money) I used to go to exhaust shops and ask if I could dig through their exhaust bins. They always said yes, and I got some good muffler
bits out of those bins I used to make my exhausts myself from those 2nd
hand parts.
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| posted on September 22nd, 2009 at 01:11 PM |
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Thanks for the advice fellas.
I guess the best option for quietness is always going to be something stock. I initially thought it just doesn't fit in with the style of my
resto-cal bug, but now I'm thinking... polished pea shooters for me!
thanks again,
Eug.
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| posted on September 22nd, 2009 at 07:00 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Baja Wes
At Uni (no money) I used to go to exhaust shops and ask if I could dig through their exhaust bins. They always said yes, and I got some good muffler
bits out of those bins I used to make my exhausts myself from those 2nd
hand parts.
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i used to do that too
every time i used to rip the guts out of my exhaust boxes i used to raid the local zorst shops bin, as wes said you can usually find perfectly good
boxes that last for ages
back on topic though, i have a thunderbird quiet pack and its actually quieter than a stock peashooter exhuast and sounds 100x nicer
its well over 3 years old now and ive had no probs with quality, but im not on the coast and my bug lives in the garage most of the the time
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| posted on September 22nd, 2009 at 11:06 PM |
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Most mufflers sold at muffler shops [at least locally] were plain rubbish...
thats why they want to sell you a stainless steel one... lol..
Your muffler needs to get hot enough to get rid of the moisture
otherwise they get eaten away... from the inside..
I read an article once that said to weld a grease nipple into the exhaust pipe before the muffler and a squirt of grease now & then will help
extend the life of Your Muffler...
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| posted on September 22nd, 2009 at 11:12 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 68AutoBug
I read an article once that said to weld a grease nipple into the exhaust pipe before the muffler and a squirt of grease now & then will help
extend the life of Your Muffler...
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sounds to me like it would make a mess......
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| posted on September 23rd, 2009 at 07:50 AM |
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My car backfired once, essentially it did a key banger. The points wire fell off the coil, I put my foot down and nothing happened, then the wire
touched the coil again - BANG. The thunderbird split down the middle and was much fatter after that. I think I pop riveted it back together for a
temporary fix.
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